Printing layout too slow or crashes

Rhino
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Hello!
I have a 110 MB file with around 35 layouts, a bridge.
I have 4-5 drawings that take a lot of time to print if it even works.
I have tried purging and removing unneccessary blocks etc.
No custom plugins installed.

When push Print it takes around 10 min for it to load the preview. Then maybe 10 min to print the drawing. The drawing is also sometimes missing some items.
I have noticed this is only on layouts that show things with clipping planes and many objects. I have tried using double clipping planes to confine the cuts.

I have also tried a more powerful PC to print and it doesnt really make a difference.

Cheers!

Any ideas?

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hi @Georgi_Nedev

Can you run _SystemInfo and post back the results?

Could you share the file with us for investigating this issue? You can upload large/confidential files here

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Hello, this is my systeminfo.
Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32GB)
.NET 8.0.14

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]

Non-hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 6-17-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 573.44

Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
    Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 6-17-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 573.44

Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port

Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 6-21-2025 (M-D-Y).

Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • There are no monitors attached to this device. Laptop lid is probably closed

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: Off
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 6-17-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.7344
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\GeorgiNedev\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\Karamba3D\3.1.50925\net8.0-windows\Karamba3D_LicensePlugin_Rhino8.rhp “Karamba3DLicense”

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoBonusTools.rhp “Rhino Bonus Tools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\netcore\export_PDF.rhp “PDF Export” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\BlockEdit.rhp “BlockEdit” 8.25.25314.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Calc.rhp “Calc”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

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Hej Georgi -

Please also include the top lines of that information.

Are you printing to a vector PDF or a different format?

In the title, you mention crashing. I’m not seeing any crash reports from your email address. When Rhino crashes, does the crash reporter pop up?

All that said, we have tracking tickets concerning performance issues when printing on our list:

  • RH-90564 Print: Vector Print: Performance Issue in Print Dialog
  • RH-90567 File IO: Vector Output: Performance Issue

As Gijs mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could share a 3dm file with us that we can use in performance testing.
-wim